THE MAGIC OF SANCHI (2006)
I arrived, deep into the silent night, and laid my jet-lagged body down, in the vacant room of a dingy Mumbai guest house. Closing my eyes, I removed my grim surroundings, revelling in the prospect…
ONE OF YOU PEOPLE (1989)
Like an unblemished spot on the dustsheet that is Ahmedabad, the Gandhi ashram stood unstained, repelling the muck and chaos that settled around it. It gently hugged the bank of a quietly rolling stretch of…
COUNTER 22 (1989)
COUNTER 22 (1989) The early morning sun was beginning to burn off the dawn mist. The dew had disappeared from the ground. On the street, men cycling by, wore dull brown woollen scarves tied from…
THE WHITE DOT (2012)
At the corner of the street, an indigo blue enamel name plate, announced the Rue Romain Rollard. Its well-swept pavement was punctuated by poodle-tail, pollarded trees. The handsome buildings, paint-washed in Naples yellow and rose…